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Article: Self-organization of intertidal snails facilitates evolution of aggregation behavior

TitleSelf-organization of intertidal snails facilitates evolution of aggregation behavior
Authors
KeywordsAggregation
Emergence
Evolution
Littorinid snail
Rocky shore
Self-organization
Issue Date2008
PublisherM I T Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/artl
Citation
Artificial Life, 2008, v. 14 n. 4, p. 409-423 How to Cite?
AbstractMany intertidal snails form aggregations during emersion to minimize desiccation stress. Here we investigate possible mechanisms for the evolution of such behavior. Two behavioral traits (following of mucus trails, and crevice occupation), which both provide selective advantages to individuals that possess the traits over individuals that do not, result in self-organization of aggregations in crevices in the rock surface. We suggest that the existence of self-organizing aggregations provides a mechanism by which aggregation behavior can evolve. The inclusion of an explicitly coded third behavior, aggregation, in a simulated population produces patterns statistically similar to those found on real rocky shores. Allowing these three behaviors to evolve using an evolutionary algorithm, however, results in aggregation behavior being selected against on shores with high crevice density. The inclusion of broadcast spawning dispersal mechanisms in the simulation, however, results in aggregation behavior evolving as predicted on shores with both high crevice density and low crevice density (evolving in crevices first, and then both in crevices and on flat rock), indicating the importance of environmental interactions in understanding evolutionary processes. We propose that self-organization can be an important factor in the evolution of group behaviors. © 2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/89318
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2023 Impact Factor: 1.6
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.406
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dc.contributor.authorDavies, MSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, GAen_HK
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dc.description.abstractMany intertidal snails form aggregations during emersion to minimize desiccation stress. Here we investigate possible mechanisms for the evolution of such behavior. Two behavioral traits (following of mucus trails, and crevice occupation), which both provide selective advantages to individuals that possess the traits over individuals that do not, result in self-organization of aggregations in crevices in the rock surface. We suggest that the existence of self-organizing aggregations provides a mechanism by which aggregation behavior can evolve. The inclusion of an explicitly coded third behavior, aggregation, in a simulated population produces patterns statistically similar to those found on real rocky shores. Allowing these three behaviors to evolve using an evolutionary algorithm, however, results in aggregation behavior being selected against on shores with high crevice density. The inclusion of broadcast spawning dispersal mechanisms in the simulation, however, results in aggregation behavior evolving as predicted on shores with both high crevice density and low crevice density (evolving in crevices first, and then both in crevices and on flat rock), indicating the importance of environmental interactions in understanding evolutionary processes. We propose that self-organization can be an important factor in the evolution of group behaviors. © 2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
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dc.subjectAggregationen_HK
dc.subjectEmergenceen_HK
dc.subjectEvolutionen_HK
dc.subjectLittorinid snailen_HK
dc.subjectRocky shoreen_HK
dc.subjectSelf-organizationen_HK
dc.titleSelf-organization of intertidal snails facilitates evolution of aggregation behavioren_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1162/artl.2008.14.4.14401en_HK
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